Pearson Etext Nutrition & You -- Access Card (4th Edition)
Pearson Etext Nutrition & You -- Access Card (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134874036
Author: Joan Salge Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 1TF
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To examine: Whether the statement “overweight people often have less restful sleep compared with people who are at a healthy weight” is true or false.

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For a healthy life, it is important to maintain a healthy body weight, based on gender, height, physical activity levels, age, and muscle mass. A healthy body weight is the body weight that does not increase a person’s risks of developing several weight-related diseases. Being overweight refers to carrying extra body weight in relation to the body height than the normal weight.

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Answer to Problem 1TF

Correct answer: The statement is true.

Explanation of Solution

Overweight people can have an increased the risk of several health problems, including sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a potentially fatal sleep disorder in which the breathing stops and starts for brief periods repeatedly during sleep. In overweight people, the excess fat and inflammation around neck area reduces the airway width, making breathing difficult, and thus disturbing the sleep. Hence, the statement is true.

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